Published in Vaccine Weekly, December 15th, 2004
"Poliovirus and enterovirus 71 (EV71) are both neurotropic enteroviruses that cause serious neurological diseases, such as poliomyelitis and encephalitis. The neurovirulence of EV71 in cynomolgus monkeys was demonstrated previously by intraspinal inoculation. In this study, an improved simian model of EV71 infection was established by using intravenous inoculation, which revealed clinical and neuropathological similarities between this model and human cases of encephalitis," scientists in Japan report.
"Experimental EV71 infection induced direct neurological...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2004-12-15)
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